ON THE RUN
Aurora, Colorado, shooting: Suspects on the run after drive-by attack near high school left SIX teenagers hurt
SUSPECTS are still on the loose after a drive-by shooting left six teenagers hurt after at least 50 shots were heard.
Authorities responded to a shooting at Nome Park - steps away from Aurora Central High School - in , just before 1pm local time.
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The Aurora Police Department confirmed all six victims were students at Central High School.
APD Chief Vanessa Wilson called the shooting a "very concerning incident," as one teen undergoing emergency surgery.
The six victims include one 14-year-old, a 15-year-old, two 16-year-olds, a 17-year old, and an 18-year-old. None of the victims have died, police confirmed.
Cops confirmed in a statement to The Sun that no arrests have yet been made, and information about the suspects will be released later today.
Witness Henry Martinez, who resides across the street from Nome Park, revealed to he heard something that sounded like "30 to 50" gunshots.
He told the news outlet: "It’s sad to see young people just throwing their lives away for nothing.
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"I’m sad about that… heard like 30-50 shots, it was hard to count with them coming so fast like that, but at least 30"
According to the , the Children’s Hospital Colorado said three patients were in stable condition and have been reunited with their families.
Over an hour after the shooting, police said a sixth victim, 18, self-transported themselves to the hospital with minor injuries.
“I need us all to be outraged and I need your help,” Wilson says, calling for anyone to report any info they get to 720-913-7867.
Wilson later called the tragic incident part of a "public health crisis" and recognized the "school resource officers who were among the first on the scene and provided life-saving measures."
The APD confirmed Central High School was on a secure perimeter and not on lockdown, as previously reported.
Video from the scene showed heavy police presence and emergency vehicles in the parking lot of the school.
A cemetery employee told that he took cover behind stone tombs after hearing "a lot of gunshots" being fired.
"A lot of gunshots, a lot of kids running, vehicles taking off. Rounds started coming into the cemetery, and that's when we decided to kind of take cover behind some of the stones."
According to the outlet, the shooting is the latest act of violence at the park, where authorities have responded to three aggravated assaults this year, including a gun-related incident.
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Nome Park was the location of a gang-related shooting in 2019, in which a teenager was charged with attempted first-degree murder, per the outlet.
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